Microbial Sequencing
Microbes make up the majority of the earth’s biomass and have evolved for over 3.8 billion years. Knowledge of the enormous range of microbial capacities can have far-reaching implications for health, environment, energy, and industrial applications. Recently, BGI initiated a 10,000 Microbial Genomes Project to accelerate research on microbial metabolism, physiology, and functional genomics.
Microbial community samples of Lake Washington sediment
Microbial sequencing services:
- Bacterial: allows de novo sequencing and re-sequencing of bacterial genome.
- Fungal: allows de novo sequencing and re-sequencing of fungal genome.
- Metagenomics: allows the study of genomes of an entire microbial community within specific environments.